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[[File:dontpay 4525.jpg|frame|Thinking can be hazardous to your paycheck.]]
{{quote|'''R. J. Fletcher:''' You idiot! Can't you do anything right? [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|Does this look like a number two pencil to you?]]
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'''R. J. Fletcher:''' You '''''thought?!''''' I don't pay you to think!
'''Richard Fletcher:''' But daaaaaad!
'''R. J. Fletcher:''' SHUT UP!|''[[UHF]]'', as it establishes who the villain is and [[Jerkass|just how evil he is]]. [[It Gets Worse|He gets eviller]].}}
A [[Stock Phrase]] that indicates that an employee wasn't hired for their brains.
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If the boss or [[Big Bad]] is seriously annoyed by this thinking behavior, he may demote said employee/minion to an ''even lowlier'' position, fire them, or tell them [[You Get Me Coffee]].
See also, [[Don't Think, Feel
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== Anime ==
* Inverted in an episode of the English dub of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', when Divine tells his [[Captain Obvious]] lackey as they're observing Aki, "I don't pay you to tell me what I know -- she needs fixing!"
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